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  • The 'dirty dozen' take on fire inspector course at Arnold

    Arnold Air Force Base (AFB) Fire and Emergency Services recently hosted a two-week Fire Inspector I Mobile Travel Team (MTT) course from the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy from Goodfellow AFB, Texas. Daryle Lopes, chief of Fire and Emergency Services at Arnold, said this was a highly sought after

  • Former commander kicks off new association's debut event

    The debut of the Arnold Association of Professional Societies (AAPS) featured former center commander retired Maj. Gen. Pat Condon as the event's guest speaker.Condon is the former president and chairman of the board of the Air Force Association (AFA).The event at the Arnold Lakeside Club Oct. 29

  • AEDC's economic impact exceeds $728 million

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) economic impact was more than $728 million during government fiscal year 2008.This is an increase of more than $75 million and 11.5 percent from fiscal year 2007 and represents the largest dollar and percentage increase since fiscal year 2000. The total

  • AEDC to add new space test capability

    The Air Force awarded a $26.1 million contract to ATK Mission Research of Santa Barbara, Calif., Wednesday to produce the Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) ground test capability at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn."We are very excited to have

  • Base opens more services

    Effective immediately, all current, retired and dependent military identification card holders can access the on base Ascend Federal Credit Union branch and the adjacent main cafeteria. Until now, these groups could access the commissary, base exchange, dispensary, VA clinic and Building 100 (A&E

  • Manchester native awarded academic scholarship

    Brandi Besheres, daughter of Arnold Services Club member Brad Besheres at Arnold Air Force Base, was one of 25 winners worldwide in the 2008 Air Force Club Membership Scholarship Program. The theme of the essay was "The most im¬portant person in my life."Brandi is a junior in the nursing department

  • AEDC team proves up to the challenge of Annual TUFF competition

    A total of seven people, representing (Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), joined approximately 200 fire¬fighters from across the state to test their skills and compete in the fifth Annual Tennessee Fire Fighter (TUFF) Challenge at the Tennessee Fire Ser¬vice Codes Enforcement Academy in

  • Journey to AEDC facility provided an answer to prayers

    Madhav Rao lis¬tened intently as one of his engineering pro¬fessors told him about a place that almost sounded too good to be true, where cutting-edge flight simulation testing was conduct¬ed among a tight-knit team of profession¬als. His undergradu¬ate professor never mentioned the name of the

  • Arnold volunteers teach Boy Scout Merit Badge class on energy awareness

    On a Saturday, a couple of Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) employees volun¬teered their off-duty time to teach 26 Boy Scouts, rep¬resenting five area troops, an energy awareness merit badge class at the Gossick Leadership Center (GLC).Rick McCoy, an ATA energy program manager and an assis¬tant

  • Arnold's annual VA Picnic honors America's heroes

    The Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) an¬nual VA picnic provided veterans from different eras the opportunity to share a meal, enjoy a change of scenery and share their stories with volunteers from AEDC and surround¬ing communities at the Ar-nold Lakeside Club Oct. 3. Some of the